Thread with timing

Question

i have learnt how to create threads.
i heard that you can create a thread that executes every a certain amount of time.
does anyone have any tutorial to recommend me?
i wanted to search in the java tutorial section, but i do not know what to type to search.
tq

Answer 1

I don't know much about this subject because I use Quartz to schedule job execution, however this link might shed some light:
[http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Threads/Java1550newfeatureThreadSchedule.htm|http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Threads/Java1550newfeatureThreadSchedule.htm]
They use the java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService class.
Hope this helps.